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PAUL IIANSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,661, dated July 31, 189.4. Application tiled October 31', 1892. Serial No. 450.593- (No model.)

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAULHANSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inv,vented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, set forth in the following specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

This invention relates to harvesting maio chines in which the grain is carried transversely from the grainward side of the drivewheel to the stubble-ward side, and bound at the stubble-ward side and delivered on to a sheaf-carrier, where enough sheaves may be accumulated to form a shock, and then dropped from the carrier to the ground.

It consists in improvements in the mechanism for carrying the grain from the point where it falls prostrate behind the sickle, to-

zo ward and over the drive-wheel into the binder,

and from the binder to the sheaf-carrier, said improvements consisting in general in gradually raising the grain from an approximately horizontal position, but somewhat inclined upward from butts to heads,-in which position it is received upon the platform-car-` rier,-to a position substantially upright, this being the position in which the bound sheaxfes are delivered on to the sheaf-carrier. The grain is thus tilted more and more upward at each succeeding stage ot its stubble-ward movement., so that the passage over the wheel is made with the grain inclined quite steeply over the forward quarter of the wheel, requiring less elevation than if it passed hori- Izontally over the top of the vwheel and is bound Still more nearly upright, the position tending to even the butts during binding; and the sheaves being delivered as described in an upright position on to the sheaf-carrier, enoughsheaves may be accumulated to form a full shock; and, being accumulated against each other in an upright posi-tion they will \tend to sustain each other as in shock, and, `being dropped to the ground together, they tend to remain assembled in such upright position, as a completed shock, avoiding the necessity of gathering and stacking by hand to form the shock. Thus at each stage of the action an advantage is gained by the method of straightening up the grain as described.

The invention also comprises devices by which the weight and downward tendency of the machine also tend to operate as the means of holding the sheaf-carrier in sheal-receiving position, avoiding the necessity for any spring for that purpose; and devices by which the same downward tendency of ,the weight of the machine, whether adjusted high or low, operatesupon thetightener-Wheel which takes up the slack of the main drive-chain, gaining an advantage which might begained by a spring operating on the tightenerf-avoiding the necessity of having the chain so tight as to increase the resistance of its operation, and yet dispensing with such a spring.

It also comprisesmeans for folding up the machine laterally to allow it topass vthrough narrow gate-ways, or to be driven Without inconvenience on ordinary roads, these devices involving improved means for folding up the platform carrier to an erect position, and for collapsing the reel arms to bring it within the same lateral compass as the rest of the ma-l chine when folded and collapsed, so that their lateral compass shall correspond to the width of road usually available for driving.

Figure l is a plan of my machine, the reel and binder mechanism being omitted but the binder frame and deck being shown, and the platform-carrier being broken away at the middle part and condensed laterally to save space. Fig. 2 is a plan of the main frame and portion of the sheaf-carrier, and parts of the driving train partly sectional at a horizontal plane through the main drive wheel axle, this figure being designed to show the raising and lowering and counterbalancing mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section at the plane of the line 3-3 on Fig. 2, being therefore astubble side elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 2, except the sheafcarrer. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1,

except the sheaf-carrier, and with the addition of the reel. Fig. 5 is a grain side elevation, the divider and grain wheel being omitted. Fig. 6 is a section at rear elevation of the grain conveying mechanism, platform carrier and elevator, showing also a portion of the frame and butter, the platform-carrier and elevator being cut in planes at right angles to their respective grain-carrying surfaces. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail at the plane of the line 7 -7 on Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail at line 20-20 on Fig. 1.

section in the plane of tho axes of the butterdriving shaft and its actuating shaft, designed to show the driving connection and ln'azings of said shafts. Fig. 9 is a plan of the bracket shown in Fig. 8, in which said shafts are journaled the lower bar of the butting apron being shown in dotted line above the portion of the bracket to which it is secured. Fig. 10 is a perspective of a trip-finger o1' ledge used to carry the grain on the elevator. Fig. 11 is an elevation of the reel post or lower member of the reel frame. Fig. 12 is a detail end elevation of an extensible back-board and wind-guard pertaining to the platform-carrier. Fig. 13 is a detail plan on one of. the joints of this back-board. Fig. 1l is a rear elevation showing the frame stripped ofmost ofthe mechanism, and having the platform carrier tilted up and the reel collapsed for road travel. Fig. 15 is a grain side elevation of the same, except that the divider and grain wheel are omitted. Fig. 16 is a plan of the sheaf-carrier collapsed by swinging rearward, designed to illustrate its position relatively to the drive wheel and main frame, when thus situated. Fig. 17 is a section at the line 17-17 on Fig. 4. Fig. 18 is a detail section. through the raising and lowering worm and worm-wheel ease, at line 18-18 on Fig. 2. Fig. 19 is a detail elevation of a bearing or stirrup in the main frame for the sheaf-carrier trunk. Fig. 2O is a detail section axially through the journal bearings of the platform carrier drivingroller, showing the mode of pivoting it to the main frame, Fig. 2l is a detail grain-side elevation of a bracket at the grain end of the finger-bar forming part of the di.- `vider frame. Fig. 22 is a detail section at the line 22-22 on Fig. 1. Fig; 23 is a detail section at the line 23--23 on Fig. 1. Fig. 24 is a` sectional elevation of a lever concerned in the vertical adjustments, section being made in a plane indicated by the line 24-7-24on Fig. 2. Fig. 25 is a detail section at the line 25--25 on Fig. 2, showing the stubbleward bundlesupporting-arm in position.

A is the drive Wheel. There is a rigid frame around the drive wheel to which the raising and lowering segments B, B are rig` idly secured. This frame comprises at the grainward side a truss consisting of the upper fiat bar C, the lower bar OC2, whose two oblique reaches C and C2 extend respectively forward and rearward from the grainward segment to which it is secured, and which operates thus as a strut for the truss. The lower bar'C C2 is made rigid with the straight upper bar by being fastened to thepparts which constitute respectively the front and rear bars or sills of the wheelframe. The front sill C is an angle-iron to whose horizontal lip both the straight bar C and the oblique bar C' are bolted, the former above and the latter below said horizontal lip, the same bolt-securing both. The rear sill may be a castiron frame 04 formed with suitable The stubbleward side of the wheel-frame is a dat bar C5 set vertically edgewise, and bent at the forward end to form a foot C50, which is bolted to the vertical lip of the front sill.

C3, the rear end of said bar Ca being bolted at c5 c5 to a suitablelug or flange C extended forward from the frame C1k for that purpose.

The bar C' of the grainward truss extends forward to the frontsill C", and the cast yoke or bow C is secured to it and to the vertical iiange of the said bar O2, constituting a guard through which the sickle pitman may play,I

and having at its forward side the eye or pivot bearing C50 adapted for the connection through it of the draft-pole or tongue D.

E is an angle-bar which is secured to the grainward end of the cast frame C4, which is suitably formed to receive it, and which has' a grainwardly extended lug C42 to which said angle-bar E is bolted. Said bar constitutes a rear sill for the machine, which extends from the wheel-frame rigidly past the e1evating mechanism, and which is adapted to afford means for securing the platform rear sillat a point grainward from said elevating mechanism.

The front sill C3 is deflected downwardafter it crosses the grainward side of the wheelframe, consisting of the truss described, and again deflected to a horizontal position at the lower level to which it is first deflected, and extends grainward a suitable distance to afford secu re fastening to the finger bar F.

H is a hexagonal tubular bar which constitutes the trunk of the sheaf-carrier, whichvwill be more particularly described hereinafter. This bar is pivotally connected at g to the casttting H2, between the lugs or :flanges H10 H20 of saidj fitting, so that it is adapted to swing in a plane substantially horizontal. Said fitting H2 has at the grainward end the crank arm H2, andV between the crank arm and the lugs HI0 H20 it is round, adapted to operate as a shaft, and is journaled in the journal-box CT which is bolted to the bar CE of the wheel-frame on the outer or stubble ward side thereof, the said journal-box being upwardly open and constituting substantiallya stirrup into which the fitting H' may be placed, the crank H, extending up en the grainward side of the bar Cl and the fitting beingstoppedupwardly against the under edge of said bar. A cap or cover H may be provided for the said journal box, but the use of this cover is optional, the fitting being stopped, as stated, against upward movement,

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considered as a part of the trunk of the sheafcarrier, and the entire trunk, together with the fitting, may be referred to as a rockshaft. n

K is a bar which constitutes a stirrup having special functions hereinafter explained, and which is secured rigidly to the wheel frame, being fastened to the bar C5 by one of the bolts which secures the stubbleward segment to that bar, and being bent stubbleward and extending in a sloping direction downwardly from that fastening to a position underneath lthe bar II, when the latter is horizontal, at a distance of afoot or more from the bar- C5 and being there bent edgewise to I form an anglle in which the bar Il lodges, and

extending t ence forward to the level of the front sill C3, and then bent directly grainward and secured by being bolted to the vertical ange of said sill. The sheaf-carrier comprises rearwardly extended -arms h rigid with the trunk or rock-shaft H, and also certain other mechanism mounted on that trunk. The rearwardly extended arms of the sheafcarrier support the sheaves, and their own weight and that of the load Aof sheaves tend to rock the trunk in its bearings. One feature of myinvention consists in devices by which this rocking tendency is resisted and counterpoised by the weight of the machine, so that the carrier is thereby recoveredand maintained in sheaf-receiving position elastically. I will now describe the mechanism which produces this result, and at the same time the means for raising and lowering the machine, and causing the weight and downward tendency of the machine to operate the tightener for thel main driving chain.

A is the axle of the main driving wheel, on which said wheel is journaled and adapted to revolve. The axle has rigid with' it the pinions. A10 A10, which mesh with the segments in the usual manner, and it has also 4rigid with it the worm wheel A11 incased in the two-part jacket A12, which has the bearing a12 0,12 for the worm A2, which is journaled in said bearing and meshes withthe worm-wheel. The worm is vconnected by a toggle joint at a? to its operating shaft A20, which extends obliquely upward toward the rear and has its squared end protrudingabove the cast frame C4, where a crank or key 'may be fitted to it to rotate it to raise and lower the frame in the segments in a well understood manner. The wor m-wheel jacket A12 has the lug A120 projecting from the lugs which form the bearings 0,12, Aand to thisl lug vA12" there is connected the link A8, which, at. the other end, is pivotally connected to one end of the crank arm A5, which carries at the other end the tightene wheel I. To the same end of the arm A5, and quite close to the pivot connection of ythe link A?, the link A4 is similarly connected, said link extending to the end of the short arm A6 of the bell-crank lever,A0 A7, which is fulcrulned at a'1 on a stud-bolt a0, which`- projects rigidly from the grainward side of the wheel frame, being secured in the cast frame C4 near the rear grainward corner of said frame.

The arm A7 of the bell-crank lever has a web A70, which has a vertically elongated aperturethrough which the shaft A20 extends, said web serving thus to retain the shaft A20 against displacement. To the upper end of the arm A7 of the bell-crank lever A0 A'I there is pivotally connected the draft link or rod A8, which extends forward directly above the 'truss bar C and atv its forward end has connected to it the cable as, which extends around suitable guides a00 and aS1 at the forward cornersv of the wheel-frame, and from the guide a,01 at the outer corner extends rearward, and by means of a suitable terminal clip is connected to the eye-bolt A0, which is secured through the trunkH of the sheaf-carrier. Upon examination of the connection thus described from the worm-wheel-j acket to the sheaf-carrier trunk, it will be seen that the weight of themachine, operating at the engagement of the segments with the pinions A1o A10 tending to rotate the axle A and the worm-wheel to cause the worm to travel around the axle carrying with it its bearings and the entire worrnwheeljacket,ex erts a pull through the link s`A3 and A4, and the connection between them afforded by the tightener wheel arm A5, upon the short arm A0 of thel bell-crank lever A6 A7 tending to rock the long arm rearward and exert a pull on the cable a0 which would tend to rock the trunk G forward at the upper side; that is, in the direction to.lift its rearwardly extended arms and the load thereon; or, to state the matter in the opposite order, the weight of the load upon the sheaf-carrier and the weight of the rearwardly projecting armsof the carrier exert a pull upon the cable, and through the draft-link' A8 a forward pull upon the arm A7 of the bell-crank lever, giving a rearward movement to the arnh A0, which thus exerts a pull or` a restraint upon .the worm-Wheel jacket against the tendency of the weight of themachine to rotate that jacket around the axle.v Comparison of the leverages in this train of connection will show that the leverage is very greatly in favor, ofthe lesser weight,-the `sheaf-carrier and its load-and it is in fact so proportioned that the carrier and load will substantially counterbalance the weight of the whole machine, operating through the segments upon thel axle. It will be observed that this relation is -not materially aected by the raising and lowering of the machine produced by rotating the worm in engagement with the worm-wheel, and that the tilting of the carrier rearward to dump the load, by means which will be hereinafter explained, although such operation will be performed against the weight of the machine, will cause but a very slight and scarcely observable lifting of the machine.

The master-wheel A A is made rigid with IOO IIO

the drive-wheel, and the main drive-chain A90 extends from the master-wheel around the sprocket-wheel AB1 on the main power-communicating shaft am, and its lower ply passes over the tightener wheel I. This chain is designed to be made only slack enough so that the tightener operating against it will takeV up the slack by the time it reaches the position shown in. Fig. 3, with the pivotal connections of the two links A8 and A4 at a line with those links. Since the longitudinal stress between the bell-crank lever arm A6 andthe worm-wheel jacket tends to pull the two links into line with each other, this stress tends to swing the wheel bearing arm end of the arm A upward, and thereby the weight of the machine besides co'unterbalancingthe downward tendency of the sheaf-carrier and its load, op `erates with yielding stress upon the tightener wheel against the chain to take'up its slack and keep it in proper operative relation to its sprocket wheels.`

One leading feature of this machine is the arrangement and inclinationof the various mechanisms by which the grain is conveyed sideward after being cut. The platform conveyer consists of au endless apron L, traveling around rollers L' and L', the former being at the stubbleward or wheelward end of the platform and constituting the driving roller for the apron, and the latter being at the grain end. The linger bar at the front and the sill L3 at the rear are made rigid in the customary manner to constitute a frame for the platform carrier, and alord support for the bearings of the two rollers. The finger-bar F extends horizontally, as usual. The grainward roller L3 is inclined upward from front torea'r at a slight angle, but the wheelward roller L .is inclined upward from front to rear at a much greater angle, the relative steepness of the platform at the two ends being seen in Fig. 5, and deducible by comparison of other figures. This requires that therear sill Ls should be inclined upward from grainward to wheelwardend, although the ngerfbar is not so inclined, and the carrier apron, driven arotnd the two rollers, accommodatesY itself to this difference of inclination o f the rollers by being slightly twisted, the two rollers being in parallel vertical planes, and the diterence in their inclination being not so great as to prevent the possibility of the accommodation of the apron thereto by such slight twisting as is 4not inconsistent with its running smoothly on the rollers. Y

The elevator or conveyer whichcarries the grain over the drive wheel, comprises the endless apron M, whose driving roller M', at the grainward and lower side, is substantially parallel with the stubbleward driving roller L' of the platform conveyer, having the same, or substantially the same, inclination from front to rear. The upper stubbleward vroller M of the elevator is, however, a little more steeply inclined than the grainward or lower roller of the elevator and the driving roller of the platform conveyer. There is, however, less difference in the inclination of the two elevator rollers than in the two platform conveyer rollers, and only slight twist is given to the elevator apron; but the inclination gained in the twist of the platform conveyer and continued through the elevator, causes the latter to be inclined at aconsiderable angle over the forward part of the drive wheel, so that the grain being ca rriedover the wheel, does not have to pass over the highest -point but over the forward portion, and with the butts extending quite low, althoughthe heads project to a considerable height, being inclined from front to rear as they pass over the wheel. The decking or sheathingN above the wheel is horizontal from rightto left, having, fore-andaft, the inclination of the delivery side of the elevator, and it makes suitable junction with the binder deck N at the stubbleward side of the wheel. This is but slightly binder deck, at the rear edge, inclined downward toward the stubbleward side,butat the forward end is very much inclined downward stubbleward, so that it` has a' very marked twist between the vertical planes of the binder frame at the stubbleward side, and the drive wheel at the grainward side. Themeehanism is arranged .to co-operate with the deck having this peculiar inclnation and twist, and it will be understood that as a result, the grain which, having fallen on the platform conveyer with an inclination corresponding to the point of lodgment thereon, and carried grainward with a-constantly,

increasing inclination while travelingto the topof the wheel, upon reaching the binder deck is rapidly brought toward an upright position as it moves stubbleward over that deck, the butts descending in their sideward movement while the heads are scarcely changed in elevation, and are near the level or above the leve'l of the vtop of the wheel. The inclination of the binder deck from front to rear at a vertical plane of the" binderframe, which may be treated as the position of the 'bundle during the bindingoperation, is about forty-five degrees. From this point outward, when the machine is tilted for ordinary cutting, the deck descends rapidly at the forward edge ina curve, so that the bundle as it moves over the deck in its discharge toward the sheaf carrier, if it should conform to the pitch ofthe deck, would almostreach an upright position by the time it reaches theouter edge of the deck. It being one purpose of this construction to' cause the sheaves to lodge on the carrier inA an upright position, this tendency of the shape of the deck is supplemented by an obstruction consisting of a horn-like post l?, which protrudes upward with substantially the/curvature shown in the drawings from a point stubbleward of the plane of the binder frame, and about where the sheaf will be in contact with it during binding. The discharge'` movement of the sheaf, communicated to it at a point forward IIO . ing the track of the grain from grainward to stubbl'eward side of the machine, may be employed with great variety of grain-actuating and binding mechanisms; and I do not limit myself to any particular mechanisms to be 1 associated with the conveying and supporting parts, which have, and give to nthe grain, the changing .inclination described.. Nor do I limit myself to using such a succession of parts -with successively increasing inclina-l tion, in'combnation with-a sheaf carrier, be-

- cause, without the latter, the sheaf might be lodged upright on the ground, which is, of itself, desiiable. 'I have, however, in this maf,

chine, associated with the original lfeatures of construction, respecting inclination of the grain above described, certain specific mechanism for moving the grain, and certain specific actuating mechanisms which I consider desirable, which I will now describe.

Power is transmitted from` the masterwheel A A tothe main power-communicating shaft 01,01, a's already described. 'At the stubbleward end of the shaft 0,01, the beveled gear X, which is fast on the shaft, meshes with the beveled pinion X' on the shaft w', which extends in oblique direction downward to the forward end of the frame, whereit is suitably journaled in the bearing y 'in the bracket Y, secured to the wheelframe at the forward outer corner. And at the end in front of said bearing, it has the sickle-driving crank X10. Behind thebearing, there is, rigid with it, the beveled gear X0, which meshes with vthe beveled gear rim Y10, formed integrally with the sprocket wheel Y', which has, projecting at the rear, a long tubular hub Y, whose aperture may be made square,

and at the forward end, the short hub y, by which it is journaled in the same bracket Y at the bearing fy', being retained in said bearing by the nut or burr Y2, which is screwed onto the end of the hub yu. This wheel Y serves to communicate power to the binder byvmeans of its hub Y, within which the prime driving shaft of the binding mechanism is designed to telescope `(to permit foreand-aftladjustment of the binder); and by means of -its sprocket rim, it communicates power also to the several conveying, elevating and butt-adjusting mechanisms, which are hereinafter described. 'Ihe chain Y0, passing around this sprocket wheel, encompasses also the sprocket wheel M20- at the forward end of the shaft m0 of the upperroller M2 of the elevator apron, said shaft m2 being suitably journaled in the side-bars of the elevator frame, which is not specifically described becauseof a rfamiliar construction. Said chain also encompasses in its course the sprocket wheel Y, which is` secured to the rear end of the short shaft g5, journaled as hereinafter described.v The sprocket wheel Y5 has formed as a part of it a cylindrical web Y50, extending forward and overhanging the bearing of its shaft, and provided with radially projecting teeth or lingers y50, where.

. by it is adapted to operate as a'clearing wheel at the forward en d of the elevator, as will be hereinafter more particularly described. Y0

,is a tighte'ner sprocket wheel, over which said chain Y3 passeshon its return ply from the vsprocket wheel Y5 to the driving sprocket wheel Y'. ,Further details of the butting mechanism, including the clearing wheel Y5 Y50, will be hereinafter described. The shaft of the wheelY's is located stubbl'eward from thelower elevator roller, and the wheel Y5is so located that the ply`of the chain, encompassing it and extending between it and the precedingwheel M20, runs substantially in the plane of the elevator apron, but forward Vof the lower forward edge of that apron, and said chain is armed with grain-carrying teeth Y0", so that, in addition to its function of communicating power to the mechanism described and to be described, it constitutes an additional grain-carrying element operating upon the butts of the grain forward of the elevator apron for a specific purpose, and with an effect hereinafter described. The sprocket wheel M0, at the rear end of the shaft m2 of the up'perand'driviug roller of the elevator communicates power through thechain M00,

which ,encompasses it,-to the sprocket wheel L10, which is secured'to the rear end of the shaft of the stubbleward and driving roller ofthe platform conveyer, and said sprocket wheel is so located that the upper ply'of the chain M30, extending between it and the preceding sprocket wheel M3, lies approximately in, but slightly above, the plane of the elevator apron, and at the rear thereof; and, in addition toits function of communicating power as described, constitutes an additional graincarrying element operating upon the heads of the grain which may overhang the elevator at the rear. The chains Y3 and M30 are each shielded from the grain to prevent it from becoming entangled with the chains and carried around the sprocket wheels. The shield for the forward chain Y0 consists of the sheet metal Y0, folded to form a right angle, and hav-ing a vertical portion clamped between'two bars Y7 and Y70, which together constitute the side-bar of the elevator frame and a horizontal flange overhanging the chain Y0 and its driving sprocket wheel.

The shield of the chain M00k consists of the plate or sheet y0, fastened to the rear elevator side-bar, and extending up at the rear margin of the elevator apron, and having, hinged to it,'the cover piece y0", which overhangs the chain M30, and the wheels upon which it runs. This guard is extended stubcurving around the sprocket wheel L10 at the IOC sideward from the chains respectively, and l those of the forward chain Y3 thustravel in front of thc'forward edge of the shield Y.

I employ a peculiar form of carrying knee or shelf on the elevator apron, consisting of a bent piece of metal M, which, in the particular form illustrated, constitutes the strap 'or tongue of a construction closely resembling a common'single-strap hinge, of which :the Abutt or plate Mm, is ,secured to the ribs or slats '1n of the elevator apron, being inserted between the slats and the canvas, so that the edge of the slat constitutes a stop to limit the folding of' theV strap back toward the slat, the strap M being bent up between the butt and its vpoint', so that the point rests upon the canvas when the strap is folded back as far as the slat will permit. These fingers or grain-carrying shelves are adapted, as will be understood from the drawings, to conform approximately to the curvature of the rollers as the apron passes around the latter, the angle of the bent ,strap or finger receiving the roller, so that the etect is substantially the same as if it'were a trip finger adapted to fold, and strip in folding, when passing over the roller. I thus obtain the benefit of such. a mechanism without devices for tripping the linger. l

U is a strap which is secured to a fore-andaft bar of the conveyer frame near the grain ward end, and which is bent up about. that end of the platform conveyer `and lies upon the top of the latter, extending across 4to the stubbleward or delivery side, and across the throat between the conveyer and elevator at the delivery side of the former, and lapping onto a similar strap U', which is secured in a similar manner to a cross-bar of the elevater frame underneath the apron, and folds up around the receiving side of the latter,

- and, lying close upon it, extends to the upper delivery'side and across the throat between Vthe same and the deck over the wheel, and laps onto said deck. Any desired number of such straps may be employed on the platform conveyer and on the elevator, and their func-- tion is chiefly to support the grain in passing over the throats at the ends of the elevator and conveyer respectively,.and to stri p it 01T the carrying fingers where such are emplayed. i Y.

The mechanism for actuating the butts of the grain will now be described, and first, it will be noticed that forward of the elevator and of the shield which guards the chain Ys at the forward end of the elevator, there is a narrow deck T, which, as represented, is

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made as a continuation of the `sheet metal constituting the deck over the drive wheel, though its integrality with that deck is not This deck extends from the deck N over the'drive wheel at an inclination less than that of the elevator, to a .point substantially at the level of the upper or carrying surface of the elevator apron at its receivingside; and from this relation, it results that the said deck T is lower than the carrying surface of the elevator through almost its entire exy tent, but reaches the levelof that surface at about the point where the grain rst lodged against the elevator apron.

elevator, andon the tread (which is the deckT)'of this step the butting apron y stands end of the latter, and said deck is curved downward grainward of that clearing wheel, and terminates at its grainward edge substantially at the level of the axis of the con' veyer driving roller, so that it affords a slight pocket into which the butts may drop 1n order to be more certainl engaged by the teeth of the clearing whee to prevent detention at that point.. Onto the top of thebutter frame, I secure the shield Y, which extends rearward, overhanging the deck T and the forward side of the elevator carrier. The purpose of this shieldis to retain the butts when, as is frequently the case, they are filled with dry leaves and grass and rendered bulky and fluffy and liableto escape above thebutter and so slide forward otf the machine. Such action is positively prevented by the shield. The butting apron is driven by ithe beveled gear y at the forward end of the shaft .315, which meshes with the beveled gear'y, which is fixed on the shafty of the lower rolleryj"4 of the butting apron 1/5". The frame for this apron, consisting of the upper and lower bars ya and y, respectively, and the braces y",

A step with a -tapering riser. is fornied forward of the and travels. The deck T is slotted to permit 85 ICO and y needs no further description. It

stands upon the deck T above described, not in the sense that the deck supports the butter frame but that the latter rests immediately above the former, both being sup orted as hereinafterV described. The riser as it has been, by reason of analogy, termed), t of the step whose tread is the deck T, is made fast to the forward side of the -forward piece and guard for the sickle which plays through it at ym, and it affords-the immediate snpport for the bracket "ye, which has the 'bears ings for the shafts of the tw'o beveled gears n being provided to facilitate such fastening. The butter frame and the deck Tunder it,

being thus supported at one end, are further slpported at the other end, by the brace rod y which extends from the front sill upto the stubbleward end of the lower bar 1101.

This butter frame is further stileued and braced 1n position by a tubular arm or bar Q as hereinafter described.

The elevator is designed to be entirely open rearward. To this end, there is secured in lthe socket y71 of the bracket y, a bar or tubular arm Q. Said arm extends upward with the forward inclination of the socket y to the top of the butter, and is then bent rearwardly over or past the grainward end of the butter, extending. in a direction 'approximately parallel with the delivery roller of the platform conveyer, which it overhangs to a distance nearly equal to the width" of the elevator, and is then bent upward, making an obtuse angle with its rearward course, and at its upper end serves to support the shaft which operates the reel-adjusting devices, as hereinafter explained. To the rearwardly extending portion of this bar or tubular arm are secured the spring rods Q2 Q, &c.

These rods are bent down from their point of fastening at the tubular arm Q, and then st ubbleward andnpward, following lthe inclination of the elevator apron to the top of the latter, and thence overonto the deck N above the wheel. These spring rods serve to check and restrain the grain on the elevator, and keep it within control of the apron and particularly of the carrying shelves or fingers described. In order to stiffen the arm Q in the position in which it is located, as well as to stiien and brace the butter in its position, I provide the bar or tubular arm Q', flattened to form a foot, by which it is secured to the front sill near the drive wheel, and bent thence upward obliquely grainward through both upper and lower bars of the butter frame, whlch it penetrates nearly at right angles thereto, and, after it emerges above said frame, bent horizontally grainward and extending across the arm Q above the latter.

For the purpose of securing these arms-Q and Q' together where they cross, I provide the pillow block Q5, which basa downwardly concave seat on the under side to fit the arm Q, and an upwardly concave seat transverse to the former at the upper side to fit the arm Q. Said arms being both bolted-to said pillow block are thereby made rigid with each other. The point of crossing and fasteningv 0f these two arms, being rearward of the line of the4 socketed connection of the arm Q with the bracket y?, prevents said arm from turnlng in the socket, and produces the requisite seaeei stiness. The reel frame is supported by the arms Q and Q' thus rigidly united, the arml Q serving as the pivot upon which the frame rocks. This rocking reeN' rame has the gorizontal sleeve or hub Q4, 'which tits outsi eof the'horizontal portion of the armQ', and Iis placed upon the latter before it is bolted to the pillow block Q5, The said pillow block has a depression in its concave seat mentioned adapted to receive the hub or sleeve Q4, and

at the margin of the block, there is formed a rabbet or rib q50 in said concave seat, corresponding -to the groove Q40,- near the end of the sleeve or'hnb Q4of the reel frame,so that a when the reel frame has been passed onto the arm Q' to the proper point, and said arm and frame are seated on the pillow block, the said rabbet on the-latter enters the groove on the former, 'and retains the reel frame against displacement.longitudinally with respect tothe sleeve while permitting itto 'rock fore-and-aft on thel arm Q and in the seat of the pillow block. At the opposite end of the tubular arm Q40of the reel-frame from the hub of the sleeve Q4, and projecting toward the opposite' side from said hub, said frame has the rigid stud-bearing Q41, on which the reel-bearing frame Q5 is pivoted. This reel-bearing frame Q5 has the`tubular arm Q50, in which the reel shaft g5 is j ournaled, and the yoke or bracket arm Q51, which terminatesin a short bearing in line with the bearing Q50, leaving an interval between the two in which there is located thebeveled gear Q0, rigid on the reelshaftatthe opposite end from the reel head, and the swinging bracket Q7, which is pivoted on the end of the reel shaft and on astud projecting into it from the end of the bracket arm' Q51. This swinging bracket has the`lsleeve Q50 atright angles to the reel shaft, and at the' lower end of that arm is formed a yoke in which isjournaled the beveled pinion Q0, which is thereby held in mesh with the beveled gear Q5, and

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drives the latter, being itself driven by the reel-d riving shaft Q0, which extends through the hub of the pinion and drives it by afeathered connection therewith, and extends thence on through the sleeve Q70, being thereby adapted to telescope through the pinion and sleeve while continuing to drive the former and thereby the reel at all positions. -The reel driving shaft Q0, at its lower end, is connected by a universal joint Q00, with the upper lend of the shaft y53 of the butter driving roller,

-andreceives power through that medium.

The reel bearing frame Q5, being pivoted, as

stated, on the stud Q41 of the fore-and-aft rocka ing frame Q4 Q40, is vadj usted by rocking over that pivot to raise and lower the reel, being adjusted fore and aft by rocking the frame Q4 Q40 over its pivotal support upon the arln Q. Both these adjustments are eEect-ed by means ofthe shaft q, This shaft is journaled in two lugs, Q50 Q50, formed ou a swiveled yoke which has a spindle 051, by-'which it ispivoted on the reel post. The frame Q5 has a iiauge which constitutes ca worm segment Q52, coucentric with the pivotal axis of said reel bearing frame, and the shaftq has rigid on it, between the lugs g5", a worm q', which meshes with said gear segment, and, by rotation of tends to rock the reel-bearing fra lne over its pivotal support -on the stud Ql. A spring q Q5 on the stud Q, having'oue end stopped against said frame, and the other end made fast to a collar Q42 secured on the projecting end of the stud Q, and'coiled in such direction that `it tends to elastically support the reel, and of such tension as to approximately 'counterbalance the reel at ordinary positions,

and thereby, to relieve the strain upon the worm and worm gear in adjusting and sustaining the reel.

The foreand-aft adjustment of the reel, effected by rocking the frame 'Q QO, is per-A formed by sliding the shaft q in 'a bearing which is provided for it at the upper end of the arm Q, said arm being flattened as shown, and provided with a slot q", through which the shaft q extends, said shaft having hung upon it the notched bar'q, stopped against longitudinal movement on the shaft by a stop collar q, the slot q being of sufcient extent .to permit the shaft q, with the notched bar thereon, tobe lifted suiciently to disengage the notches from the lower edge of the slot, while the shaft and notched bar are moved longitudinally to adjust the reel fore-and-aft. The weight of the shaft q and of the reel transmitted to the shaft through the segment Q"2 on the worm q', is calculated to be sncient to securely retain the notched bar iu engagement with the lower edge of theonotch in the arm Q, and secure the reel as adjusted fore-andaft. The crank handle at the rear end of the shaft qserves to operate said shaft in both its horizontal and longitudinal movemeut for the purpose of the t-wo adjustments described.

One of the distinguishing features of this invention is the facility which its construction aiords for reducing the lateral compass for the purpose of transportation over wagon roads, and to enable it to'pass through gateways. This facility is attained by devices in the construction of the platform carrier which permit said carrier to be folded and stand upf right, and by devices in the construction of the reel, which permit it to be collapsed and extend its arms stubbleward from the reel head or spider, instead of grainward, when in operation.

I will first describe the construction which adapts the platform carrier to be folded to upright position. Two features are embodied in thisl operation: first, the detachabilityof the grain wheel frame and divider bodily from the platform carrier, and its attachablity to the grain ends of the main sills, which are independent of the carrier frame; secoud, the construction of the platform carrier which consists in making its frame independent of the main harvester frame, and

is coiled about the hub of the framel .change of connection is to be made.

pivotingit tothe latter at the axial line of the couveyer driving roller.' The first feature, detachability of the grain wheel frame and the divider from the platform carrier, is y j effected by providing the grain wheel and divider framejwith a bar fr, whichextends to the rear sill or bar ofJthe platform carrier which constitutes the central or uniting element of the grain wheel frame with a seat at "r2", adapted to receive the end of theangleiron F, which constitutes the Vfinger-bar, and equally adapted to receive the angle-non Ca, which constitutes thefront sill, and providing for securing either of said bars rigidly 1n relation to said frame r, by means of a bolt, as fr, which is removable readily when the To the front and rear sills of the main frame, there are secured brackets C"0 and CO, respectively. Said brackets have bosses ci and ct", respectively, projecting toward each other and4 1n line, which constitute trunnions on whichrthe platform frame pivots, the finger bar and rear sill being respectivelyprovided with suitable bearings to tit said trunnions. These bosses are bored through and constitute also the journal bearings for the driving roller ofthe couveyer. Thus; while the platform couveyer frame is pivoted-'concentrically with the shaft .of the driving roller of the couveyer, that shaft is relieved from al1 the friction which would result from' pivoting upon it.- When the platform frame is thrown down to operating position, its sills lodge upon the horrzontal flanges of the angle-iron sills C and E of the main frame, and may be secured in that positionby any convenient disengage'able fastening, as a bolt or hook.

When the machine is -to be transported over the road, the grain wheel frame being detached from the platform couveyer frame, the latter will be tilted up to upright position shown in Fig.`14 and hooked to the bar Q to retain it in that position (the hook trs being provided for that purpose), and the divider and grain wheel frame will then be reattached to the machine by being fastened to the protruding ends of the mainframe sills in the samemanner as it was attached to the ends of the couveyer platform sills when the latter was in operative position.

To, facilitate the same purpose of lateral condensation of the machine, the reel is made collapsible by the peculiar construct-ion of the spider or head Q, andL the arms Q q support the bats. This spider or head has the several pairs of parallel lugs or anges Q61, between which the bat arms Q62 q62 are secured, said lugs projecting graiuward while diverging radially. The bat arms Q62 are fastened in position between the lugs of the spider by bolts which pass through the two lugs of each pair and the bat| arm between them. The inner end of these bat arms Q'52 is beveled off to correspond to the direction of the IOC los

arm- Q66, for which space remains between the lugs inward from the beveled ends of the arms 66, so that-when both arms are in place, as

' shown in Fig. 4, the space is closely occupied.

To prevent the aa'm Q62 from being longitudinally removable from that position, the spider has the' small projection Q66, protruding into the space which constitutes the seat for the arm Q66, and said arm has a notch adapted to receive said projection. For the purpose of retaining thetwo arms Q62 and Q66 in the position in the spider necessary to cause them to diverge to form the two supports which they are intended to adord to the bat, I provide the disk Q66, lodged on the end of the reel shaft which protrudes from the spider at the hub, and the end of that shaft being threaded, the disk Q66 is adapted to be secured and retained on the shaft by a nut Q66. This disk being forced close up against the .hub of the spider after the arms are in the position necessary to hold the reel expanded, as seen in Fig. 4, and being fastened in that position by the nut Q66, holds the beveled ends of the arms Q"2 close back against the grainward edges of the arms Q66, which are thus forced close hoine into their seats in the spider,'and are engaged with the projection Q66, preventing longitudinal displacement. To permit the reel 'to be collapsed, the nut Q66 being slackened, the disk Q66 will be moved toward the end of the shaft sufficiently to permit the arms Q62 and "Q66 to be swung far moved .up to the hub of the spider again, and

secured by its nut Q66, and in that position will serve to retain the arms and bats of the fectly as if it were not reel in the collapsed-position shown in Fig.' 14 in which position, it will be seen, the bats extend stubbleward instead of grainward from the spider.l 4The disk Q66 may-have the notches Q666 for either the bats or'the arms to pass through while the disk is moved up if it should be inconvenient to collapse the reel enough to permit the disk to enter otherwise between the ends of said arms and bats, and. the disk being rotated the width of the notches after it is back against the hub of the spider will bind aga-inst the edges of the arms as pernotched. I willv now describe the construction and l operation of the lsheaf-carrier and shocking device. y

As -already described, the sheaf-ca'rrier consista of the trunk H, which, with its appendages, constitutes substantially a rock shaft adapted 4to rock upon an axis at right angles to the direction of travel onV the mainframe and sheaf-carrier arms h, which'extend rearwardly therefrom. It comprises, further, means for upholding the sheaves which are dropped endwise ontothis carrier, and keeping` them in the upright position in which they are thus deposited while a suieient number of sheaves to constitute a shock isV -accumulated on the carrier. The devices for keeping the sheaves upright, and retaining them 'on the carrier until it is desired to dumpthe load, include two sets of horizontally extending arms. The first set are the arms H4 H4, which are attached to the 'up'rightshaft h4,

-which isj ournaled in the bearing H46 near the stubbleward end of thetrunk H. This bearing is not vertical but inclined grainward and rearward when the sheaf carrier is in sheafreceiving position. The shaft h4 has a crank arm H61 below its bearing H66, and a link H42 extends to said crank arm fromthe arm H46 of the vertical rock shaft 71.46, which -is journaled on the wheel frame and has the crank arm H44 projectingin a plane nearly at right angles to that of the arm H46, and connected by a linkh44 to the lever ar'm H6 of the trunk H. Said lever arm is also connected by the link H5 to the arm H66 of the rock shaft H6, whichis journaled on the Wheel frameat the rear end and has the-foot H61l at the opposite end in position to be operated by the foot of the driver to tilt the carrier down to dump its load. The position of the cranks of the-rockshaft`H6, when the carrier is in sheaf-receiving position, that is, not tilted down, is substantiallyiparallel with the link H6, s that the rearward thrust of the link H6, due to the weight of the carrier and its load, is almost directly toward the shaft, and veryslight pressure of the foot downward upon the crank wrist to which the link is' connected, or upward upon the other crank wrist, will suice to prevent the weight of the 'carriers load, however great, from rocking the shaftor causing'the'carrier to dump, and practically, the carrier may be said to be locked bythe crank arm H66 of the shaft H6, so that it cannot dump. until that shaft is rocked a little to carry the crank and link H5 out of line. It will be seen that-the movement of the crank arm H6 caused by this dumping movement, is such as to rock the shaft h6 in a position to swing the arms H6 outward and stubbleward which is the movement desired in order to permit theshock of sheaves, ,which may have been accumulated on the carrier, to pass out rear-ward, or rather,

. to permit the carrier to withdraw forward from under, them as the ymachine advances. The

arms H4 are spring arms andare connected to the shaft h4 by means of the cast lsleeves or the eyes h666, through which the spring arms H4 A are inserted, and then `bent down through the eyes h666in said lever arms. 'lhese same hubs or sleeves 'H66 serve to secure also the sheafej ecting arms H46. These arms are alsovmade hubs H66, havin'g lever'arms H466, provided with prostrate.

of rod or wires, suitably secured in the lever arms Hso o f said sleeves or hubs; lThe rocking ofthe shaft h4, as described, therefore, not only swings aside the arm H4 to behind the sheaves, and forces them posi-f tively some portion of the distance. The form of these discharging arms adapts them to a specific 'function hereinafter described. To the same hubs or sleeves H45 there are secured spring arms H", which are coiled about the shaft h4 to give them resiliency, and extend oblquely grainward over the carrier arms when the carrier is in sheaf-receiving position. These spring arms are near enough to the discharge side of the binder so that they will support a single sheaf discharged onto the carrier and retain it upright until other sheaves are lodged beside iti, and they will yield stubbleward and rearward as the sheaves are accumulated, and will thus permit the entire sheet-receiving space to be occupied without permitting any sheaves to fall The second of the means for retaining the sheaves on the carrier consists of an upright rock shaft H, which is pivoted on the main Y .frame at 717, and'has arms H70 extending from it fstnbbleward across the carrier, These arms may be curved so that' the portion which overhangs the carrier is approximately in the path of the ends of the spring arms H", as Vthe 'latter are flexed rearward and stubbleward by the accumulation of the shock. These arms H may be considered the rear boundary of the sheaf-receivingspace, but

they'are themselves adapted to yield rear' ward asthe sheaves are accumulated. Such yielding-will not usually occur until the arms /HW have first yielded swinging stubbl'eward, and permitted all the space forward of the position occupied by the arms H7o normally, to be filled. After that, further "accumula-A tion ofthe sheaves will force the arms H70 rearward and the arms H are curved approximately in the path of the ends of the arms H7, as the latter thus yield rearward, so that from the time the `first sheat` is dropped on the carrier and sustained bythe spring arms H", until the entire/capacity of the carrieris occupied, the sheaves upon it stand upright and move rearward or stubbleward, or both, but chiefly rearward against yielding supports which prevent them from fallingprostrate. The rock shaft Hlhas a crank arm h and alinlr H"1 connected to that crank arm t the H6,

the mechanism above described to dump the extends to the Clip Hw, which is clamped onto and as that link is actuated by 'car-rior, the link H71 is actuated and actuates the rock shaft H", andswings the arms H7 rearward, opening the path for the sheaves to depsrt'out of the carrier.

In order to insure the proper retention of the bundle in the carrier, in view of the fact that thelatter consists of only'approximately parallel `arms, with -intervening spaces, and

permit -the shock: tordepart, but also brings the dischargersf'in:

which it could fold'without that the bundles stand on end, and in order, also, to facilitate the rearward movement of the sheaves, to permit which it is necessary `to dispense with any transverse bars to connect therearwardly extending arms of the carrier, and to canse which it is necessary to make the carrier open,that is, not to provide for the closed floor, because the bundles are, in fact, carried out by engaging with the stubble, so that the machine withdraws the arms from under them,-I make these arms of sheet metal folded or rolled to form V- shaped channel bars with the angle open upwardly. When the sheaves are lodged endwise upon this carrier, some portion of the butts of the straw of each sheaf will lodge in the-'angles of one or more of these channel arms, and will thus be prevented fromeither dropping down or being split and hung astride a bar, as would otherwise happen. As'the' accumulation of other sheaves in the carrier forces those first delivered rearward, the will slide readily on the channel arms. It w l1 be observed that all the mechanism pertaining to this carrier, not only the devices which permit the carrier to tilt over its horizontal axis rearward, but also that which permits its several arms to swing or fold together, as the .case requires, receives mechanism freni the one source,viz: the rock shaft H, controlled by the vfoot of the driver upon its crank arm Hi, and that the up-lifting movement of the carrier, which is accompanied by the folding IOO movement 'of the sheaf-retaining arms, is

aided by the connection already described of the trunk H to the raisingand lowering mechanism by which Vthe weightof the machine operates as a counterbalance to the carrier. It will be observed that this trunk H, being pivoted as described in the fit-ting H2, so as to swing horizontally rearward, maymake this movement freely whenever an obstruction is encountered. Also, that such rearward swinging movement of the carrier trunk causes it t`o move up the inclined slope of the stirrup K; and in suchmovement, to be rocked by reason of the connection to it of the cable a, in a direction to tilt upwardy its sheaf-carrying arms and all the l mechanism thereon, thus tilting the trunk upvward'at the outer end when it swings rearward, and tending to take it cleared the obstruction which it has encountered. This expedient adaptsit to escape damage from irregularitiesof the ground or bowlders or' low stumps, which may escape the drivers notice and which may be passed lby the elevation of .the carrier thus attained even though'they could not be passed by simply folding the carrier rearward the 4extent:

rearwardly extended arms.-

In this machine, it is evident that after the grain passes rthe wheel, and while, itis under the action of the bilding mechanism-being inclined severely downward toward the butts, a front board is requiredto prevent it from sliding ot the deck'. Such a front board IIO damage to its t isurepresented in the drawings indicated by the letter p. It may be secured in any convenient manner to the adjacent parts of the deck, and, as epresented,vbya strap p at the grainward end, attaching it to the bundle frame. Q For the s ame reason, the sheaf carrier requires a front board or guard at the forward end, although the carrier is not necessarily so much inclined as the binder deck, but is preferablysomewhat inclined, and the front or foot-board h6 of the carrieris made to lean forward at an obtuse angle to the direction of the carrying arms when the latter are in sheaf-receiving position. The front board with this inclination serves also to guide the butts of the sheaves as they are ejected and are swinging toward the vertical position when the carrier is swung rearward by reason of encountering an obstacle. In order to permit that movement to such an extent as to clear any obstacle too high to be cleared by the elevation which results in the manner described, it is necessary that thecarrier i`the main frame and harvesting mechanism.

.position to which it In order to eect this collapsing automatically, I utilize the foot-board h6, which is secured and connected in a manner adaptingit to that function. Two links hi0 h6", pivotally connectedto the trunk,by the same bolts which fasten two of the carrier arms to the trunk,are pivotally connected at the other ends to the foot-board h6, and the foot-board is folded over the trunk H to the rear sidethereof, and provided with apertures for the carrier arms respectively, which thereby assist in` holding the foot-board in place. A link h61 is connected to the grainward end of the foot-board, approximately in line with the apertures for the carrier arms, andextends therefrom to a pivotal connection pro' vided for it ou the stirrup K, rearward of the position at which the trunk H crosses v.the said stirrup while in normal position. It will be understood that when the carrier is swung rearward at the stubble end, the link 71.61, forces the foot-board h6 stubbleward longitudinally with respect to the trunk H, and causes each of the carrier arms to swing about its pivotal connection with the trunk, and collapse the carrier. This expedient may be resorted to to narrow up the machine to ac commodate it to road-ways or gate-ways, the trunk being for such might be forced by an obstacle. At the grainward end ofthe trunk, I prefer to mount a small wheel h, which ordinarily is suspended above ground, but may lower ground than that over which the stub-- ble end Aof the carrier trunk is moving. This ride on the lground when the drive wheel is running .in a dead furrow, or otherwise o n wheel is designed in .such cases to prevent the bundles, .which may be on the carrier purpose tied back to the The cover plate or shield 119 and whose butts orportions of whose butts g `may protrude through 'between' the carrier arms some distance, from being engaged by the stubble and' taken 0E theearrier without or before the dumping movement of the carrier, which the driver controls.

I provide on this machine an attachment to the lplatform whichmay be used as an extension to increase the width of the platform for long straw, and also, as a means -of evening the straw when it is short, and vat all positions adapted to serve as a back board or windgnard to prevent the straw sliding or being blown 0E of the platform at the rear. This attachmentconsists of two leaves S S', hinged `together, the former being hinged at its for-i ward edge to the rear edge' of the platform. Each of the hinges is provided with means for making it rigid to secure the device in any of the various positions to which it is adapted to be adjusted, as hereinafter explained. Thus, the hinge connection of the leaf S to the platfor... is made by hinging its stiening strap S2 at s to the rear sill ofv the platform, while from that rear sill, a little below the pivot s, a lug or bracket Ss projects rearward farther than said pivot, and la link S4, pivoted to said bracket, has asliding pivotal .connection with the strap S2 of the leaf S,

whichis obtained by means of a screw s4 rigid with the lug S40, taking into the slot s41 of the link, and provided with a clamping nut s. It will be seen that as the leaf S rocks over its pivot s, the clamp nut being loose, the stud screw will move along the slot s, and that said nut being clamped at that point the leaf will be secured in the position it occupies, being thus vheld horizontally or vertically orjnclined at any angle forward or rearward. The p'intle of the hinge of the two leaves S S to each other may-be formed bya bolt S5 provided with a'nut 85, which, upon being tightened, will clamp the hinge firmly enough to secure the two leaves at any desired angle to each other.l For short grain, this device may be adjusted to a vposition of 'which that shown in dotted line in Fig. 12 is -a specimen;l that 1s to say,the leaf S inclined forward from its pivot 'and theleaf S folded -down in front of the leaf S' atany desired angle, so that the heads of short grain, striking lon the inclined surface of t e leaf S', will be guided to the platform wit a tendency to slide forward thereon.v In ease of extremely long grain the lea'f S maybe thrown back to a horizontal position, and the leaf S alone made to serve as a back-board or wind-guard. From Fig. 12, it may be understood that a variety of positions may be given to this attachment to accommodate-the varying conditions and length ot' the grain. l

for the chain M30 is hinged, as stated, at its forward edge, so that it may be tiltedup when it is not de sired to have the grain engaged bythe chain, as will be the case when the grain is very ripe and the straw not high .enough to cause the IOO IIO 

